Mr. Walter E. Vaughn

Mr. Vaughn Buried On Friday
Mr. Walter E. Vaughn, 57, of 158 West Avenue, Jackson, died late Wednesday night at Westbury Medical Care Home in Jenkinsburg after a long period of declining health. He had been a patient there since August, 1974.
A native of Butts County, he was born April 25, 1917, the son of the late Mr. Horace Monroe Vaughn, Sr. and Mrs. Mattie Plymale Vaughn, who survives. Mr. Vaughn retired in July 1973 from Georgia Power Company after serving 24 years. He was a member of Towaliga Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2:30 o'clock from the Towaliga Baptist Church .with the Rev. Joe Parham, pastor, Rev. Herman Wike, and Elder W. S. Kelly, officiating. Interment was in Jackson City Cemetery with Haisten Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Vaughn is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen Ridgeway Vaughn; his mother, Mrs. Horace M. Vaughn, Sr., both of Jackson; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Sammons of Atlanta; a son, Walter E. Vaughn of Smithville, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. H. P. Hall, Mrs. Gervin R. Lewis, and Mrs. William M. Towles, all of Jackson; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Homer M. Vaughn, Jr., of Charlotte, North Carolina; three grandchildren, Miss Suzie Vaughn of Smithville, Mo., Lanier and Lee Sammons of Atlanta; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were William Marks Towles, Homer R. Lewis, Harry G. Lewis, Julian C. Lewis, Lee Roy Todd, and Jerry Sammons.

(Jackson Progress Argus - 13 Feb 1975)

Submitted by V. S. Harrison